Sean Tse

Sean Tse
	Tse playing for South China in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Sean Ka Keung Tse
Date of birth	3 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Salford, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Central defender ; Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	R&F
Number	30
Youth career
2005–2012	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2017	South China
2017–2018	Tai Po
2018–	R&F
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2020

Sean Ka Keung Tse (pronounced [ʃɔn kɑː˥˧ kʰœːŋ˨˩ tsɛː˨], Chinese: 謝家強; born 3 May 1992) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who plays for Hong Kong Premier League club R&F.

Club career

Tse was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, to a Hong Kongese father and an English mother of Irish descent.^{[citation needed]} He went on trial with Manchester United in 2004 before joining Manchester City at under-14 level in September 2005.^[3]^[4] He spent the majority of seasons in the academy team, and was voted the Academy Player of the Month in November 2009.^[5]

In the 2011–12 season, Tse was included in City's B List squad for the UEFA Champions League.^[6] However, he did not make a single appearance for the Manchester City first-team and was released at the end of the season.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2012, despite being linked with Oldham Athletic, Tse signed for Hong Kong side South China.^{[citation needed]} He made his Hong Kong First Division League debut on 2 September 2012, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute in a 5–2 win over Yokohama FC Hong Kong at Hong Kong Stadium.^[7]

On 8 August 2017, Tai Po announced that they had signed Tse.^[8]

On 3 August 2018, it was confirmed that R&F had signed Tse.^[9]

Tse is eligible for the Republic of Ireland through his maternal grand-parentage.^{[citation needed]} Tse was called up for Republic of Ireland national under-17 team in April 2009 for two under-17 friendlies against Poland but he absented these two matches.^[10]^[11]

He has also shown interest in joining the Hong Kong national team and was listed on the training squad roster for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in 2012.^[12] He was then called up by Kim Pan-Gon, the Hong Kong head coach, for the 2013 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup.^{[citation needed]}

As of June 2020, Tse is in the final stages of receiving his Hong Kong passport.^[13]

As of 19 Jan 2020

Club	Season	League		Cups		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South China	2012–13	13	0	5	1	18	1
	2013–14	11	2	10	0	21	2
	2014–15	10	2	7	0	17	2
	2015–16	11	0	7	0	18	0
	2016–17	13	1	4	0	17	1
	Total	58	5	29	1	91	6
Tai Po	2017–18	7	1	3	0	9	1
Tai Po	Total	7	1	3	0	10	1
R&F	2018–19	15	2	3	0	18	2
R&F	2019–20	8	0	2	0	10	0
Career total		88	8	37	1	129	9

South China

^ Sean Tse at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "4. 謝家強". South China AA. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^ "Sean Tse joins Hong Kong's South China AA". 12 August 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
^ "Sean Tse". Manchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012.
^ "Shay lands Player of the Month Award". Manchester City F.C. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "Squad – Manchester City". UEFA. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^ "Match Results: 2 September 2012". Hong Kong Football Association. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^ "和富大埔簽埋謝家強防線人腳從未如此豪華過". Upower. Retrieved 8 August 2017. (in Chinese)
^ "官宣｜前曼城预备队队长加盟，R&F富力港超新季集结". Guangzhou R&F (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ Sean McCaffrey calls two into Republic of Ireland Under 17 squad ahead of Poland friendlies, Football Association of Ireland, 21 March 2009
^ Poland beat Ireland Under-17s in friendly at United Park Archived 25 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Football Association of Ireland, 21 April 2009
^ Hong Kong Senior Training Squad for the qualifying phase of the 2013 East Asian Football Federation, Hong Kong Football Association, 23 August 2012
^ Tsang, Ngan Ping. "港足守強攻弱新「兵」成及時雨". Apple Daily. Retrieved 6 June 2020. (in Chinese)